Ultimate Band

 DS
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. GamePro
    70
    Ultimate Band DS won't suit anyone looking for a hardcore music experience, even on the DS.
  2. GamesRadar+
    70
    If it sounds complex, just understand this: It makes it surprisingly easy for you to make decent sounding tunes, and it’ll store up to 12 of them. You can even join up over Wi-Fi and record yourself and three other players jamming together, or connect to the vastly inferior Wii version of the game and use your DS to run a light show. Guitar Hero, are you paying attention?
  3. IGN
    70
    Ultimate Band isn't as good a game as "Guitar Hero: On Tour", but it does offer more variety. Its biggest downfall is the minimal track list.
  5. Cynamite
    70
    This could have been a great game, but the very short song list and the insufficient multiplayer-part really drags it down.
  6. 3DJuegos
    68
    Ultimate Band for NDS is an original musical game with great variety, but not in songs. It is not good like the Guitar Hero experience, but it has a funny multiplayer mode and the option to let us create our tunes in the music studio.
  7. 1UP
    67
    It's telling that my main criticism of Band is its meager song count, as it's a feat for any game that actually made me love jamming to Fall Out Boy.
  8. Vandal
    67
    Without the depth of titles like KORG DS-10 or Guitar Hero, Ultimate Band is a pretty decent musical title for Nintendo DS, its main feature being the opportunity to play any instrument using the stylus.
  9. GamingXP
    65
    To be honest, the Nintendo DS version of the game was more entertaining, especially because of the multiplayer mode.
  10. Meristation
    50
    Ultimate Band is Disney's latest effort to create a worth-buying game. This time we have a very simple musical composition that lacks a bad an original gameplay system. Its a good game for children, but stay away from it if you're a Guitar Hero or a Rock Band fan.